Show V LATEST TELEGRAMS w FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS LAST z E35ION SENATE Washington 21Back introduced a bill authorizing the issue of legal tenders of the United States upon gold deposits aleo repealing the laws taxing bank capita anJ deposits and check stamp The ricePreadent presented a letter let-ter from the secretary of the interior showing the neceaaity of an additional appropriation for pensions during the current fiscal year of 133000 The morning hour WHS occupied in a discussion ot private claims bille Consideration was resumed of the bill to distribute the 28000000 fund among the etates Executive session followed HOUSE Washington 21A motion to dispense dis-pense with the morning hour failed and the Speascer called committees for reports Wood moved that the House go into committee on the funding bill for an hours debate Pending this Robinson offered the following resolution Jienolced That the two houses will assemble in the chamber of the House of Representatives on the second Wednesday in February 1881 ut 2 oclock and the president of the Ben ate shall be presiding officer that two pereons shall bo appointed tellere on the part of the Senate and two on the part oi the House of Kepreaenta tives to make a list of the voted as they shall bo declared that the result shall bs delivered to the president of the denate who ehdl announce the state of the vote and the persons elected to the tIo houses assembled aforesaid wnicn announcement together to-gether with a lint of the votes shall S ho entered in the journals of the two housed The Speaker decided that the resolution reso-lution pie ented a question of privilege privi-lege wnereupon F Wood raised the question of consideration Robinson thougt Congress would enjoy the holydays better after doing its constitutional I duty He desired to epeak on the question of consideration consid-eration TheSpeaker ruled it not debatable but Robinson notwithstanding and amid cries of order from democrats said thiswas a resolution under which the presidents were counted ir up to Lincoln Answering Townsend of II linoie he said he desired to antagonize antagon-ize every bill until constitutional duty was done The House by a vote of yeas 87 nay B 90refused to consider Robinsons resolution a strict party vote Green backflra Tr > apt Lndd Toted ttitb republicans aye The House then went into committee com-mittee on the funding bill and voted down all attempts of Wool to limit the debate There was an exciting opposition to the bill on the part of Weaver Bland and Mills who said they would oppose its passage by every parliamentary means Field presented the majurily reports of the committee on elections in the cases of Holmes vt Sapp from he Eighth and Wilson vs Carpenter from tie Ninth Congressional Districts Dis-tricts of Iowa They grant leave to tho contestants to withdraw their petitions peti-tions Ordered printed Wearer submitted a minority report re-port of the same committee in the case of Boynton vs Loring from the Sixth Congressional District of Massachusetts Massa-chusetts It declares the contestant entitled to a seat Caldwell from the committee on private land claims reported back adversely the bill to ascertain the title to the tract of land l nown as the Uanchu Panocne Grande in California Califor-nia Referred to the private calendar Gillette took the floor in opposition to the bill which he declared to be in the interest of bankers and which should bs entitled A bill to prevent tho payment of the public debt Ho npp > led it because it cocflicted with the free institutions of the country coun-try and was in the interett of a few at the fxpenee of the many after speaking half hour Gillette yielded the remainder of his time to Weaver who however expre Bed a desire to postpone his speech to some future dayMills Mills moved that the committee rise and F Wood moved that the bill be read by sections inasmuch as theiextras no person who desired to speak upon it Mifls in a some what excited manner hoped the gentlemen would not force the bill now F Wood 6lidI do not intend that a few msn in this house less than one twentieth would number shall force me and control the time of this home There are two ways of de fcating a measure and one is by never being ready ID speak and atkmg tho House to delay action until a gentleman gentle-man is ready The gentleman from Iowa Weaver said ho wanted the floor for one hour If he is not ready Ito I-to proceed any othergentleman ia i entitled to the floor but if nobody is ready it is my right and duty to proceed I pro-ceed to the consideration of the bill by sections MilU Tho gentleman need Dot lecture me about rights of which 1 may avail myself anti ho need not permit bu zeal to spry toe fjndrcatL and bankers of Vail street to lei him so iar 111 to insult a member on this floor wJo is asking for grave and deliberate consideration of a great question a question which invoke nothing lees than condemning to ela very the generation after us in order to satisfy the godless greed of the peo pie tho gentleman represents in Wall street 1 stand to resist and I tell the gentleman when ho sayi a few men shall not control the house that he shall not control F Wocd in reply ujjI doubt whether anythms I may have aid coud be construed by the gentlemen into any intent oaal pTsonal insult to him I bad notice served on me today by the leid rs cf tin small party that every rarlntrnsaury strategy stra-tegy and right tneySJiould possiblj command they woukl exercise to prevent pre-vent the passage of the funding biil Weaver And I renew that declaration declar-ation F WoodThe gentlemen assume that position publicly nnd openly and on their heads rests the responsibility Weaver Wo can bear it Bland taid there was barely a i quorum present It was not proper to oonider any important measure of this kind with such a etuull House F Wocd said he was ready to let the debate run on He had ac quiesced in the desire of the HOBBS this morning in regard to thst bathe wee unwiiing t j be adjourned from day to day to give tho gentleman op portunity to prepare speeches C l Randall said there was no measure more important and he did not be lieve there was any member that really desired to prevent at this cession ces-sion legislation on the subject Congress I Con-gress must legislate and It would = legislate The House wag not bound to wait for ft gentleman who desired to speak by the hour it was their duty to be here and to avail themselves them-selves of their privilege if not it was tbeir own fault and public business I should notLb eJayed He thooght W A 4 it desirable that tha House thonld proceed pro-ceed to consider the bill under the five minnte rule Weaver made a humorous speech arraigning the democratic party for inconsistency on the financial qne tion and stating that that party in its elate and national platforms encamped en-camped every four years on the ground where the republicans bad encamped the four years before He was frequently interrupted by Reagan Rea-gan Warner Finley Bland and other and his replies to them were received with laughter on the repnb lican side Reagan defended the democratic party frem the chaice of inconsistency inconsis-tency and retaliated that charge on Weaver and the greenback party Bland inquired for what presidential presiden-tial candidate Weaver had voted in 1876 1876Weaver WeaverFor Rulherfor B Hayes and I am eorry for it At this point a rather lengthy and humorous spat took place between Weaver Bland and others Sparks got the floor and alluded to a circumstance that had occurred during the interruptions between Weaver Bland and others in which Weaver had ujed an offensive term to him that he was crazy He went on in a goodnatured manner to excuse ex-cuse the offensive remark as arising from a misunderstanding on Weavers part of what he Sparks had said to call it out Weaver replied in the same pleasant pleas-ant goodhumored tone declining to take offense at what Sparks had Eaid and intimating that no one could venture to insult him intentionally by ascribing falsehood to him without feeling the force of his Weavers right arm Laughter and uproar Sparks on hearing the latter remark re-mark changed his tone from one of pleasantry to one of anger and said II spurn with contemptthe reach of his arm The reach of his arm would aflect one as little as it affected the lat presidential election Weaver Still in jocular tone Well that was sufficient Does not the gentleman see that he ought never to open his month at all when he is excited 7 Never never He spurns the reach 01 my arm He can do so In the temper I am in now he can do soI would not hurt a hair of his bead Laughter His apology wa ample and I accept it but I caution cau-tion him against the further use of the term falsehood or lie That in Kentucny is regarded re-garded I believe as equivalent to a lick or a blow Even if I were not as largE as a mouse I would assail any man who would apply such a term to me offensively The gentleman has alluded to my weight but I warn him that my fighting weight is 185 pounds Shouts of laughter Sparks Does the gentleman say that I used the word falsehood WeaverSo I understood Sparks Oh no yours was certainly cer-tainly the first offensive word Weaver till good humoredly We are all right now SparksYou misunderstood mo I say that you were stating what was not true and you were wanting in the qualities of a gentleman in your failing to remedy it Excitement and confusion That was all there was cf it but it was developed at the last election that you wanted those qualities Weaver now thoroughly angered and excitadI denounce the gentleman gentle-man personally as a liar on the floor of the House Sparks equally excitedYou areA are-A scoundrel and a villain Weaver thereupon amid great uproar up-roar left the place where be was standing and advanced menacingly towards Sparks who in his turn moved toward Weaver but both were immeaiately surrounded by members who prevented their getting into close quarters and made them put on their coatI which each was in the act of taking ofl as he advanced into the area Of course the greatest confusion and disorder prevailed on the floor and in the galleries but the Speaker took the chair and called npon the sergeantatarms to do his duty Just tben however there was nothing particular to be dono by that official as the combatants had been removed by their respective friends and there was no danger of their assaulting each other After the dirorder had subsided the committee com-mittee rose and the Houee adjourned |